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Kate Tales Foundation hosts Authors’ Talk

The North Central
region wing of the Kate Tales Foundation, a literary non-profit organization last
Saturday, May 12, 2018 held the 2018 edition of the “Authors Talk” at the Nasarawa
State University, Keffi. This year’s edition focused on teen authorship with participants
made up of writers and students of university and secondary schools.

Poet Umar Yogiza Jnr
discussed the prospects and challenges of teen authorship. He emphasized the
role of reading in making a good writer, advising that teens should concentrate on reading widely if they want to be able to write books worth publishing. He lamented the
lack of support and encouragement to teen writers by parents and schools.

Spoken word poet, Basiru
Amuneni, spoke on book publishing. He explained that getting a manuscript
published into a book is a long process. He listed the steps to include compiling
the writings into manuscripts, finding an editor, and getting a publishing
house to publish the book.

The Kate Tales Teens
club of the Keffi Premier Academy was inaugurated during the event. Members of
the club will be mentored on writing over a period at the end of which their
writings will be compiled into an anthology and published. The club members
received donation of books from the Foundation and the authors Basiru Amuneni
and Umar Yogiza Jnr.